Definition: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Main entry: eliminate, rule out, reject, winnow out
Definition: dismiss from consideration or a contest
Usage: John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi; This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
Main entry: reject
Definition: refuse to accept or acknowledge
Usage: I reject the idea of starting a war; The journal rejected the student's paper
Main entry: freeze off, scorn, spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
Definition: reject with contempt
Usage: She spurned his advances
Main entry: disapprove, reject
Definition: deem wrong or inappropriate
Usage: I disapprove of her child rearing methods
Main entry: turn down, decline, pass up, refuse, reject
Definition: refuse to accept
Usage: He refused my offer of hospitality
Main entry: refuse, reject, turn away, turn down
Definition: refuse entrance or membership
Usage: They turned away hundreds of fans; Black people were often rejected by country clubs
Main entry: refuse, reject, resist
Definition: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
Usage: His body rejected the liver of the donor